Hub-attaching device.



'nisTTnn sTaTns PATENT oraison.

ERNST JULIUS SPHR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OTTO SEMLER AND EMIL BOHRMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. l

HUB-ATTACHING DEVICE.

llJrig-inal application filed November 2, 1908, Serial No. 460,730. Divided and this application tiled Septcm- Serial No. 515,871.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dem? 1910.

The present invention is a division oi my application. Ser. No. 460,730, tiled Noiieinber 1908. and relates to axle boxes andA particularly to means for attaching said axle boxes to the journal of vehicle axles .or spindles. .j

The object ot my invention is to provide a construction that will allow oi the axle box being securedly attached to the journal ot an axle or spindle and being capable of being readily removed therefrom.

ln order to make my invention more clear the same is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar reference letters denote corresponding parts and in which-- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the outer end of the axle box as attached to the journal of an axle or spindle.; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section otl the outer end of the axle box and ot the journal and Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3*?3 ot Fig. l.

ln the, drawing a denotes the hub ot the. wheel, the axle box and ('f the journal of the vehicle or spindle. The reduced portion Z ot the journal c is split forming a central longitudinal slot c and carries a cross pin extending through said slot. AA plate ,o adapted to act as a key or lock a nd provided with a recess y is engaged by the cross piu f and is capable ot swinging thereon and ot' being longitudinally displaced within the recess or slot. c. In the widened and threaded open end of the axle box a washer z' is placed which is adapted to tit around the reduced portion 1l ot' the journal o, and a bushing /L is screwed into it against the said washer.

l'lhe forward end L ot' the bushing is provided with longitudinal recesses which are adapted when registering with the slot in the journal to engage the plate g upon swinging the latter crosswise to the axis of the journal into the position shown in Fig. l. By the engagement of the plate g in the said recesses ot' the part /i of the bushing the axle box will be locked in position upon the spindle.

Screwed or otherwise removably secured in the open end of the axle box by means of a disk-shaped portion j is a cup-shaped lid /J hinged at thereto and adapted to close around the lock g protecting it from mud or dust. The lid may be made to lock by means of a spring lock j or the like.

That I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination with an axle box, ot' an axle, the journal of which is split or slotted at its outer end, a recessed plate or key pivotally and slidably secured in said slotted journal, a recessed bushing in said axle box adapted to loosely fit over the split end ot the journal and to engage the plate when turned crosswise to the axis of the journal, an outer bushing screwing into the outer end otl the axle box and a lid hinged to said outer bushing and adapted to close around the tree end of the journal and to be locked in closed position.

In testimony whereof l attix my signature -in presence of two witnesses.

ERNST JULIUs salina.

ll'vitnesses: i

ARTHUR l). S'inAHL, Wax D. ORDMANN. 

